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TexMessage Wednesday, April 3 TEXclusive Good morning, TexMessagers! What do you think of a filibuster on gun control? Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, is perhaps the Texas delegation’s most active advocate for gun control. She is the only Texas lawmaker receiving donations from gun control groups, and has been outspoken in her support for the president’s plan …

See anything similar? With just three months in Washington under his belt, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz already is being talked about as a future presidential candidate by conservative activists. That future could come sooner rather than later. CNN reports that Cruz will be the keynote speaker at South Carolina Republican Party’s Silver Elephant Dinner on …

TexMessage Tuesday, April 2 TEXclusive Good morning, TexMessagers! Should Texas expand Medicaid? Texas political titans took to the airwaves yesterday, with Democrats calling for an expansion of Medicaid while Republicans argued it would be an unaffordable entitlement. At a press conference with Gov. Rick Perry, Sen. John Cornyn and Republican lawmakers from DC defended Texas’ …

Texas on the Potomac will try to keep you updated on the details of today’s dueling press conferences in Austin. Here’s a quick summary of the GOP roundtable featuring Gov. Rick Perry, Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz, Reps. Joe Barton, R-Ennis, and Michael Burgess, R-Lewisville, Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst, and Texas Health and Human …

The Republicans were first to the microphone, as Texas Gov. Rick Perry teamed up with Sens. John Cornyn, Ted Cruz and a strong supporting cast to explain why the state does not want to expand Medicaid. Democrats, led by the Brothers Castro, will be responding in a short while. Here are five things to look …

A Republican Party in desperate search for relevance to Latino voters. An expanded Democratic advantage in the Senate. A second-term President with his legacy on the line. Does all that add up to enough to break decades of impasse and produce comprehensive immigration reform? As expectations — and tensions — rise, the answer won’t be …

TexMessage Monday, April 1 TEXclusive Good morning, TexMessagers! Do you think the word ‘climate’ should have been omitted? No joke. Sen. Ted Cruz strikes again! This time, he asked for wording in a routine Senate resolution to be nixed because of one objectionable word: Climate. The resolution commemorating International Women’s Day last month, had to be …

Every week Texas on the Potomac gives you a second glimpse of our top stories from last week. Here are the most popular stories from March 17-23. 1. TexMessage: Perry receives C- for CPAC speech: A blog that is tracking potential challengers for the next presidential election, The Run 2016, grade’s Perry’s conservation convention speech …

Get ready to rumble, Austin. The state’s Republican governor, Rick Perry, and rising star Democratic congressman Joaquin Castro, have scheduled rival news conferences on Medicaid expansion at the state Capitol on Monday. Perry will be joined Monday morning by the state’s two Republican U.S. senators and Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst to speak in opposition to …

Yesterday, Texas on the Potomac posted coverage of PolitiFact’s assessment of freshman Texas Sen. Ted Cruz. The Pulitzer Prize-winning news source rated Cruz as being untruthful in his statements 50 percent of the time. Readers reached out, questioning the truthfulness of the fact-checkers themselves. Ted Cruz’s office contacted us with similar concerns. “PF is a …